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My Research in 60 Seconds with Hugo Dobson

Our academics are challenging themselves to explain their research in under 60 seconds! First up we have Hugo telling us about his fascinating research with global summits.

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Nomura

ESG in East Asia: The 'S' Factor

In 2022 Dr Peter Matanle won funding from Japanese investment bank Nomura and the UK's Economic and Social Research Council for an Impact and Knowledge Exchange project to research employment standards.
Hallyu

'Hallyu! The Korean Wave at the V&A

'Hallyu! The Korean Wave at the V&A is an unflinching look at the country’s creative rise' an article written by our very own Dr Sarah Son, discussing the 'Hallyu!' exhibition at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum.

The Conversation
Elon Musk

Low birth rates could lead to a population collapse

Dr Peter Matanle comments in Business Insider on whether low birth rates could lead to a population collapse, after Elon Musk said that population collapse is a bigger risk than global warming.

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Woman's Hour

Woman's Hour with Dr Jennifer Coates

Dr Jennifer Coates discusses new statistics revealing that both men and women under the age of 35 are rejecting marriage in Japan over for Woman's Hour.

| BBC Radio 4
Festival of The Mind

Festival of The Mind

Dr Thomas McAuley will be taking part in the upcoming Festival of the Mind, with an exhibit in the Futurecade at the Millennium Gallery, and a public talk in the Spiegeltent at 2pm on 16 September.

| Festival of The Mind
Books

Translating Japanese Women’s Writing: a Conversation on Kono Taeko with translator Lucy North and Professor Julia Bullock

This event will feature a three-way conversation between literary translator Lucy North, Julia Bullock, Professor of Japanese literature and Nozomi Uematsu, lecturer in Japanese Studies in the School of East Asian Studies.
BTS White House

Why have BTS taken a break?

BTS take a break: world’s biggest K-pop group is caught between Korea’s soft power ambitions and national security. Find out what our very own Dr Sarah Son has to say about it over on the Conversation UK.

| The Conversation UK
Japan

Exploring Premodern Japan

Dr Thomas McAuley's interview for Exploring Premodern Japan is now live. Dr McAuley chats about the Poetry Contest in 600 Rounds and poetry contests in general, the interview also includes a trained waka poetry reciter chant!

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